Lupus appears to have many factors that line up to trigger this disease. Some triggers appear to make the lupus worse.
Here is a small study that I found, dated 2003, regarding lupus and mercury exposure.
The scientists used mice for this study so one must be cautious in generalizing the results to humans.
I do continue to believe that environmental pollution is a contributing factor to triggering lupus and possibly making the symptoms worse.
Here is a direct quote from the summary of this report:
“Our findings suggest that low-level mercury exposure does not cause lupus,” says Dr. Via. “Lupus is clearly multifactorial. You have to have a susceptible individual who has the appropriate environmental exposure. But our study clearly shows that mercury can act as a disease modifier for lupus. Exposure to mercury might either lower the threshold of susceptibility, or increase the severity of the disease.”
Read more about it HERE:
http://www.umm.edu/news/releases/mercury.html
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